Conversation Cafés

Conversation Cafés at Blue Borage are facilitated spaces for thoughtful dialogue around topics that are often held in silence, supporting shared language, reflection, and readiness for change.

Why Conversation Cafés?

The Blue Borage Conversation Cafés are facilitated dialogues designed for shared inquiry, reflection, and respectful listening. They are not webinars, and they are not peer support groups.

Each Café is held with care and light structure, creating space for multiple truths to coexist. We work with principles of psychological safety, dignity, and consent, allowing people to engage in ways that feel right for them.

Some sessions include panels, presentations or roundtable conversations. Others centre on specific themes, questions and include guided reflection. All are designed to support connection, conversation, insight, and learning.

What People Are Saying

Even if it is difficult to talk about, it is far worse to live it in silence.

This is the first time I’ve been in a room with both survivors and parents. I feel hopeful.

I didn’t know how much I needed this until I heard others say what I’ve never said out loud.

How The Conversations Are Held

Each Conversation Café includes:

• shared agreements for respectful participation
• a clear opening and closing
• an invitation to speak, listen, or use the chat
• space for reflection rather than debate

Current Conversation Focus

Our current Conversation Café series is focused on sibling sexual trauma (SSTA). These conversations bring together survivors, parents, practitioners, educators and advocates in a trauma-aware, facilitated space.

Four Conversation Café Streams

Conversation Cafés at Blue Borage are offered across a small number of learning streams. You’re welcome to join one stream or move between them over time.

1. Understanding Harm, Trauma, and the Inner Landscape

Conversations that support shared language and understanding around SSTA and related forms of intrafamilial harm, for prevention, intervention, healing and change.

2. Identity, Integrity, and Personal Reorientation

Spaces for reflecting on values, self-trust, and living with alignment after change or rupture.

3. Leadership, Agency, and Moving Beyond Drama

Conversations for people navigating leadership, advocacy or organisational roles.

4. Meaning, Metaphor and the Human Journey

Expansive, reflective conversations using story and metaphor as entry points.

Deeper Immersion: Letting Go

Blue Borage hosts small, closed-group programs for deeper exploration.

Letting Go: The Pathway to Surrender is a ten-session guided learning circle for adults and families affected by intrafamilial harm. It offers grounding, reflection, and steady companionship for those ready for a more immersive experience.

Seven Conversations on SSTA Symposium

Our 2025 Seven Conversations online symposium has now concluded.

Before You Attend a Conversation Café

Who Conversation Cafés Are For

Conversation Cafés welcome survivors, parents, practitioners, advocates, and others drawn to thoughtful dialogue around harm, healing, leadership, and systems change. Many people hold multiple roles and experiences. You don’t need to fit a single category to belong here.

Interested in Co-Creating a Session?

From time to time, we co-create Conversation Cafés with individuals and organisations aligned with our values. If you have a topic related to trauma, recovery, leadership, or cultural change, you’re welcome to reach out.

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